Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Trent v. Rhomberg 66 Tex. 249 1886 1 Texas
Stovall v. Northern Bank of Mississippi 13 Miss. 17 1845 1 Mississippi
Benton v. Crowder 15 Miss. 185 1846 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Walker 16 Miss. 131 1847 1 Mississippi
Robb v. Halsey 19 Miss. 140 1848 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Jones 21 Miss. 580 1850 1 Mississippi
Bullock v. Sneed 21 Miss. 293 1850 1 Mississippi
Scroggins v. Howorth 23 Miss. 514 1852 1 Mississippi
McLaurin v. Parker 24 Miss. 509 1852 1 Mississippi
McKinney v. Willis 64 Miss. 82 1886 1 Mississippi
Smedes v. Ilsley 68 Miss. 590 1891 1 Mississippi
Humphreys v. Stafford 71 Miss. 135 1893 1 Mississippi
Decell v. McRee 83 Miss. 423 1903 1 Mississippi
Gordon v. Perry 98 Miss. 893 1910 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Hayes 5 How. Pr. 470 1851 1 New York
Roberts v. Riley 15 La. Ann. 103 1860 1 Louisiana
Steele v. Townsend 37 Ala. 247 1861 1 Alabama
York Co. v. Central Railroad 70 U.S. 107 1865 1 United States
Brehme v. Dinsmore 25 Md. 328 1866 1 Maryland
Peck v. Weeks 34 Conn. 145 1867 1 Connecticut